The "Karen" capital of Canada

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Apparently, it's Windsor.  I would never have thought that, but Windsor has more Karen's than any other city in Canada.  It's a working class, union town, with GM its main industry, but I guess that makes sense because of the exorbitant wages paid those who work there.  Maybe lots of women get to stay home and be Karen's  -- like this lovely housewife:

I don't know who coined the name, but Karen's are described as women who:

• Complain excessively
• Mistreat service workers
• Make unreasonable demands, and
• Demand to speak to a manager

Karen's are described as middle-aged, generally sporting -- what do I always say? -- a dyed-blonde bob, obnoxious and entitled.  My version of a Karen, you will recall, is a "dyed blonde", so you get the picture.  

 

In Windsor, a staggering rate of 64.83 Karen reports were posted on social media per 100,000 households.  But not to be outdone, on a scale of one to 10, Alberta reports five Karen sightings in the wild -- the highest frequency in the country.

Because Karen's don't like cold weather, many more are found in places like Florida, Texas (Hello stepdaughter and all her fellow housewives!), Alabama, Ohio and Oregon, with Alaska reporting the fewest US sightings.  Windsor, remember, has a very temperate climate, so more Karen's seem to reside there. 

I'm beginning to suspect I may have a few Karen's in my own birth and adoptive families, but they shall remain nameless -- unless they know who they are and can secretly out themselves.  I certainly had to deal with a Karen in the form of B's ex, who fit all the criteria, right up to the dyed-blonde bit.  Her all-time top Karen moment was when she didn't like the phone number she had been arbitrarily assigned by Bell Canada and went right up the line to the top manager to demand it be changed to one she approved of.  She finally settled on one that had five 1's in it.  Beat that!  You can't.

But no city tops New York for Karen sightings, where a new restaurant called 'Karen's Diner' has just opened in the city's West Village.  It's slogan?  "We pride ourselves on very rude service."  Here's a Karen being rude back.  Hahahaha!